Oshkosh attorney guilty of not paying taxes

5:41 PM,
Jan. 24, 2014

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A federal jury found Oshkosh attorney George Curtis guilty Thursday of failing to pay $378,233 in income tax over a three-year period.

In June, the Internal Revenue Service charged Curtis with failure to pay income and self-employment taxes on more than $1.2 million in income in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Curtis called it "the right and responsibility of every citizen to report income and file taxes" and noted he paid almost $2 million in taxes during a 15-year period the IRS reviewed. And while said he paid taxes every year, he acknowledged he often paid after the April 15 deadline. He said the amount ...